The Final Curtain

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The Final Curtain
Further Seems Forever - The Final Curtain cover.jpg
Compilation album (with DVD)by
ReleasedApril 3, 2007
Recorded1999, 2004, June 17, 2006
Genre Indie rock, Christian rock, emo
Length74:16
Label 567
Producer Bruce Fitzhugh, Michael Lewis
Further Seems Forever chronology
Hope This Finds You Well
(2006)
The Final Curtain
(2007)
Penny Black
(2012)

The Final Curtain is a compilation album and DVD by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2007 by 567 Records. The album includes the band's final live performance recorded on June 17, 2006 at The Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as several rare and previously unreleased songs. The DVD contains video of the final performance, a band interview, photo gallery, and behind the scenes footage.

Contents

The album's bonus tracks comprise both the most recent and earliest eras of the band. Tracks 12-15 are outtakes from the band's 2004 album Hide Nothing , recorded with lead singer Jon Bunch. "Pagan Poetry" is a previously unreleased cover of a song by Björk, while the acoustic tracks were originally released as bonus tracks on Best Buy versions of the album. Tracks 16-20 comprise the band's earliest recordings from 1999, when Chris Carrabba was the group's lead singer. These are the complete recording sessions for the band's debut EP From the 27th State , on which these demo versions of "The Bradley" and "New Year's Project" appeared along with "Justice Prevails." The versions of "Just Until Sundown," and "Pictures of Shorelines" included on this compilation are previously unreleased.

Reception

Russ Breimeier of TheFish.com stated that while the acoustic tracks and other extra material on The Final Curtain were a nice addition, "the final concert is poorly performed and recorded, making this a disappointing conclusion to the brief-but-impressive run of Further Seems Forever [...] It might have played well in person, but simply does not translate to disc. Production values are so-so at best, with a rough sound mix and home-video quality camera work." [1] He noted the performance of "The Moon Is Down" as "especially sloppy" and remarked that while Bunch's singing had sounded "terrific" on Hide Nothing, "the singer seems out of his league here, out of breath on 'New Year's Project', letting the audience handle most of the high parts, and missing notes throughout the set." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hide Nothing" (live)Josh Colbert, Chad Neptune, Steve Kleisath, Derick Cordoba, Jon Bunch3:23
2."The Moon Is Down" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Nick Dominguez, Chris Carrabba 3:11
3."The Sound" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Jason Gleason3:41
4."Like Someone You Know" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch3:13
5."New Year's Project" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba4:04
6."Light Up Ahead" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch3:22
7."The Bradley" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba3:04
8."Make It a Part / All Rise" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch6:25
9."Bleed" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch2:59
10."For All We Know" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch2:46
11."Wearing Thin" (live)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba4:25
12."Pagan Poetry" (originally performed by Björk)Björk5:08
13."Bleed" (acoustic)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch3:24
14."Light Up Ahead" (acoustic)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch3:05
15."Make It a Part / All Rise" (acoustic)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Cordoba, Bunch4:17
16."Just Until Sundown" (demo)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba3:12
17."Justice Prevails" (from From the 27th State )Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba4:40
18."New Year's Project" (demo; from From the 27th State)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba4:01
19."Pictures of Shorelines" (demo)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba2:55
20."The Bradley" (demo; from From the 27th State)Colbert, Neptune, Kleisath, Dominguez, Carrabba3:01
Total length:74:16

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Breimeier, Russ. "Review: The Final Curtain". TheFish.com. Christianity Today . Retrieved 2010-12-20.